Merges, Acquisitions and Sales Consulting

Are you planning on selling a company you have founded? Are you looking for new investment opportunities, or do you need some help with the next steps to take? We will provide you with comprehensive documents to help with your decision-making and to determine your future strategy.

How PwC can typically help

I am selling my company

Are you considering to sell your company, yet you want it to be in good hands? We will help you to identify suitable investors and take you through the entire transaction with the aim to maximise your profit and ensure the best terms of your purchase agreement.

I am acquiring another company

Are you considering an acquisition or negotiating with a company you intend to acquire? We will help you to specify the criteria for the selection of suitable companies, approach them and look into their readiness to negotiate the sale. We will prepare an NDA, ensure the exchange of information, prepare and present non-binding acquisition offers to the individual owners.

I need some help with our strategy

We help enterprises from the private as well as public sector to find the answers to the essential questions of their future direction, to carry out detailed analyses of their internal and external environment, create and, subsequently, to realise a clear and unique strategy to reach their goals.

I wish to hand over my company to my family

We will make sure that your long-term family business goals are accomplished, including the protection and the move of your business into the hands of the next generation. All that in cooperation with our internal Family Business team. Family Business.

 

Our main advantage in service provision to our clients is a stable team with a total of 100 years of experience in the area of acquisitions and sales consulting. This allows us to be highly efficient, fast and accurate.

Jan Hadrava,Head of Transaction & Strategy Consulting

Comprehensive service offering

Services for the sell-side

Finding potential buyers or investors
  • Identification of key areas of value creation as well as potential issues

  • Consulting services aimed to increase your business value and to minimise or eliminate the risk arising from any problematic areas

  • Design of an appropriate strategy for the sale of your business

  • Identification of perspective investors who could be interested in your business

  • Preparation of your company presentation, contacting potential investors, ascertaining their potential interest in your company

  • Preparation of an NDA, ensuring the handover of information required for the elaboration of non-binding offers

Due diligence concerning your company
  • Assistance with data collection concerning the company, the so-called data room for potential buyers where they can acquire detailed information on the company essential for the performance of due diligence (thorough financial and business due diligence)

  • Assistance with preparation of buyers’ queries, organisation of your company’s due diligence

Negotiation of contractual documentation and transaction conclusion
  • Assistance with purchase agreement negotiation to make it as favourable as possible to you

  • Assistance with setting business parameters of the purchase agreement

  • Organisation of transaction conclusion and its settlement

Services for the buy-side

Determination of appropriate goals
  • Assistance with criteria specification for the target company and contacting perspective businesses

  • Approaching target companies and ascertaining their readiness to negotiate the deal

  • Preparation of an NDA and exchange of information

  • Preparation of a non-binding offer of purchase of the target companies and its presentation to the owners

Due diligence and valuation of the target company
  • Organisation and performance of due diligence (thorough financial and business due diligence) to allow the assessment of the key company parameters (especially with respect to its future profitability) and to identify any risk areas

  • Assistance with valuation of the target company based on due diligence outcomes; subsequent preparation of a binding offer for the company owners

Negotiation of contractual documentation and transaction conclusion
  • Reflecting of due diligence outcomes to the contract to make it as favourable and as risk-free as possible to you

  • Assistance with setting business parameters of the purchase agreement

  • Assistance throughout the contract negotiations and transaction conclusion

Post-deal services
  • Consulting in the area of appropriate classification of the acquired company in your business group and reaching the maximum synergy

Transaction Tax Services

We will fully support you in all transactions to ensure they fully comply with all tax regulations and to minimise the associated tax burden and any risks.

Tax due diligence of target companies
  • We will perform a thorough tax due diligence of the target company in order to identify potential tax risks which could have an impact on the purchase price value or which could crystallise after the acquisition. During this process, we closely cooperate with the financial due diligence team as well as with the legal team that inspects the tax due diligence from the legal perspective. We offer tax due diligence services to both the buy-side as well as the sell-side in the form of a vendor due diligence.

Tax structuring services
  • We will develop a tax-optimal acquisition and financing structure for the buyer and an optimal sale-structure for the seller. Our primary goal is to minimise the potential tax burden connected to the transaction that could crystallise upon the acquisition or later and to enable the buyer to apply tax deductions (concerning interest, in particular) with respect to financing the transaction.

Other tax transaction services
  • We also provide other transaction tax services such as the tax review of transaction documentation (especially share purchase agreement with respect to the target company), tax optimisation of incentive plans for management, assistance with the implementation of the acquisition or selling structure, and so on.

We have received numerous positive feedback from our clients.

„I find the quality consulting services provided by PwC throughout the entire purchase process concerning Nika Logistics highly satisfactory. In particular, I appreciate having obtained a complete service package including transaction support, due diligence and legal services.“

- Radek Odstrčil,
CEO, Šmídl s.r.o.

„Selling your company is a once-in-a-lifetime situation, so you can hardly have relevant experience with the process. During the process, I realised that without a professional consultant at hand the actual transaction would be way too complex. By engaging PwC consultants, we managed to close the deal successfully and according to my expectations“

- Zdeněk Maďa,
seller, Trestles a.s.

„MSV Metal Studénka belonged among the most interesting assets of our portfolio. I appreciate the professionalism of PwC consultants as well as the quality of their services which significantly contributed to the realisation of the sale in quite a short time and at a good price.“

- Jan Sklenář,
Investment Director,
Jet Investment a.s.

„Being an internationally active investment fund, we have high demands on consultants assisting us with the sale process. That’s why we are happy to have chosen the professional services provided by PwC during the sale of Office Depot s.r.o.“

- Andrew Roth,
Investment Director,
Aurelius Investment SE

„PwC’s professional approach contributed significantly to the successful conclusion of our deal.“

- Marek Svrčina, Executive Director, D3Soft Group.

„To our great satisfaction, PwC helped us to realise the entire sale process in a fast and organised way and according to our expectations.“

- Serge Faltus, CFO, Forez s.r.o.

Why PwC?

Transactions from A to Z

We will guide you through the entire company acquisition and sale from the initial idea to the final toast upon the contract conclusion.

Century of experience

Collectively, our M&A team has over 100 years of experience in securing acquisitions, mergers and in creation of strategic documentation.

Global operation

We can help you with mergers and acquisitions in the Czech Republic as well as anywhere else in the world. All that thanks to the global network of our branches and our know-how.

Focus on result

Whether you are dealing with the sales, acquisition or strategy for the upcoming years, our goal is to maximise the future value of your assets at all times and under all circumstances.

Contacts

Jan Hadrava

Jan Hadrava

Mergers & Acquisitions, Strategy, PwC Czech Republic

Tel: +420 724 373 655

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